COMMERCIAL VACATION ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article Vll, Section 6 (a) of the 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the properties at 1615-1657 N. Neva Avenue, 1614-1656 N. Nordica Avenue, 7101-7121 W. Wabansia Avenue and 7125-7141 W. Wabansia Avenue are owned by Harlem and North Development ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portion ofthe alley remnant to be vacated herein for construction of a multifamily residential development as approved by the City Council of Chicago under Planned Development 1448 on July 24, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent ofthe public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacation of that portion ofthe public alley, described in this ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1.
VACATION OF:
THE NORTH-SOUTH 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF W. WABANSIA AVENUE; LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING THE EAST LINE OF LOTS 107 THROUGH 117; LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE WEST LINE OF LOTS 82 THROUGH 92 AND LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING A LINE FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 107 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 92 (ALSO BEING THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF AN EAST-WEST 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY), ALL INCLUSIVE, IN MADSEN'S NORTH OF OAK PARK SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED JUNE 22, 1921, AS DOCUMENT NO. 7181567 BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 7,076 SQUARE FEET OR 0.162 ACRE, MORE OR LESS as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREB...
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